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Been looking around the net for some USB charger to charge my pad, I don't want to use annoying power converters to charge my WiiU and being able to charge through the USB slots makes the WiiU more portable.

I found this which is high rated, but the reviews lacked info about charge time and reliability. I charge my 3DS using USB charger with my Note 2 charger which worked perfectly, but some USB charger would take ages to charge it.

Speaking of power converters, I found this which states that the US WiiU doesn't need a power converter to run on 240V, wonder if its true.

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Looking for a reliable USB pad charger.This site claims the WiiU(US) supports 240V(EU), looking for confirmations before frying my WiiU.I tested it out my self, worked flawlessly!

Been looking around the net for some USB charger to charge my pad, I don't want to use annoying power converters to charge my WiiU and being able to charge through the USB slots makes the WiiU more portable.

I found this which is high rated, but the reviews lacked info about charge time and reliability. I charge my 3DS using USB charger with my Note 2 charger which worked perfectly, but some USB charger would take ages to charge it.

Speaking of power converters, I found this which states that the US WiiU doesn't need a power converter to run on 240V, wonder if its true.

If there is a USB charging cable that says it's for the Wii U gamepad, it'll work. Just make sure it's actually for the gamepad and not the Pro controller.
I haven't tried it but I have USB charging cables for every handheld console I own and they all work fine.

Thanks for the reply, I'm just worried it won't send enough power to charge up the controller. I also just tried running my WiiU with out the converter.. Worked perfectly.. sigh.. all this time and I didn't know about that